Last year about this time, Paul Pogba’s agent, the (in)famous Mino Raiola, gave an interview for the Italian media and said that Paul is unhappy at Manchester United, that he is no longer able to express himself as he would like, and that he has to change teams, „he has to change the air“. That interview was given just before United’s crucial Champions League match against RB Leipzig and the Italian was criticized by everyone, from Solskjaer, to TV pundits for disturbing the team and the player ahead of major game. Raiola was quiet for almost a year. Until now. New claims about Pogba’s contract extension standoff emergeOne of the biggest football managers in the world spoke briefly about Paul Pogba and his contract situation in Manchester. He hinted (again) that his client will probably leave, but this time he was not direct as the first time, and he was cautious not to say too much. “Dreaming is free, those who don’t dream are dead. I do not prohibit anyone from dreaming, I dream every day too, so let’s dream, it’s good for you. Then let’s see if they become reality. December is the month for dreaming, with Christmas and all the holidays. It’s still too early. Let’s see what happens. We don’t know why, but even the dead wake up in England when we talk about Pogba. So, it’s better to not talk about it, also because some former Manchester United players won’t have anything to talk about if they don’t talk about Pogba and me” Raiola said at the IAFA Assembly in Rome, according to TMW.🗣 #Raiola su #Pogba alla #Juve: “Dicembre è il mese per sognare, ma meglio non dire nulla. Quando parlo di Paul in Inghilterra si svegliano pure i morti”👉 @dariomarchetti7 pic.twitter.com/LUFeHrvGFi— TUTTOmercatoWEB (@TuttoMercatoWeb) November 17, 2021 Pogba spent four years at Juventus before returning to Old Trafford in a 13.3 billion move to Manchester United, and now it looks likely he will be on the move again, as a free agent, again. This tendency of stalling the contract offers and wanting unrealistic sums of money and then leaving as a free agent has become the staple mark of Mino Raiola. Apart from Pogba, who will probably do this twice in his career, and less know Ajax academy star Brian Brobbey, Italian goalkeeper Ginno Donnarumma is the latest example of Raiola’s tactics. Former AC Milan captain left the club in which he started from as a child on a free transfer and moved to PSG for reportedly not so bigger wage. He was welcomed with boos on San Siro, when Italy played Spain in League of Nations, but Raiola suggested that it’s not his idea, but rather his clients, and that he only complies to their wishes. „Our function is also to take the blame. The bad things of the players, I did. The ones that are done well, they did. That’s OK with me. I don’t need to be a saint, those who are smart, make their own considerations. It will turn out well for Gianluigi. It takes a bit of patience, I understand that he’s living a moment he never lived before. But it will only be solved through dialogue, little by little” said Raiola. It it widely believed that Pogba would like to go back to Juventus in June 2022, but other big clubs are interested too, mostly Real Madrid and PSG. And while Raiola wants to finally go ‘inside’ Real with a possible deal with Pogba, PSG are also strong candidates. This Sunday, YouTuber TheKairi78 posted a photo of him with Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and Paul Pogba on Twitter, who were reportedly present at the same hotel and at the same time. Was it a coincidence or not, we will find out in June 2022.
